Example sentences of "[vb past] his [noun sg] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was n't really enough light to allow a thorough examination of the shadows in question , but Roman duly bent his head to inspect the pale oval of Caroline 's face in the soft lights from the trees . |
| 2 | ‘ Roman , the other night at Casa Sciorto , ’ she whispered shakily , tightening her arms around his neck , trembling as he bent his head to trace the lightest of kisses along her temple , ‘ making … making love with you . |
| 3 | Dreamer used his knife to cut the red snow into blocks . |
| 4 | Sonia 's deportation was only reversed because the Home Secretary used his discretion to consider the compassionate circumstances of her case . |
| 5 | Gould also used his time to visit the great Australian explorer Charles Sturt at his home at Varroville outside Sydney . |
| 6 | In such ways Augustus changed his image to match the changing political regime over which he presided . |
| 7 | Hérard Abraham fulfilled his promise to reorganize the Presidential Guard , which had served as an important prop of the Avril regime , but the Army as a whole seemed unwilling to become involved in imposing authority . |
| 8 | Breavman , the main character of his autobiographical novel The Favourite Came recollected his father singing the old soldiers ' song ‘ K-K-K-Katy … ’ ! |
| 9 | Nevertheless , Bush reiterated his commitment to maintain the 39,000 US troops stationed in South Korea " so long as there is a need and we 're welcome " . |
| 10 | It was Lord Clive of India who bought the estate in 1760 from Lord Herbert ( he had already acquired the Walcot estate to add to his patrimony of Styche ) , and directed his agent to improve the whole property . |
| 11 | Couples , the US Player of the Year and defending a title which inspired him to glory at Augusta last April , regained his compsure to cover the last seven holes in one under par . |
| 12 | On Christmas Eve , 1904 , Leland took over management of the company and merged his business to create the Cadillac Motor Car Company . |
| 13 | A light snow was falling and he raised his face to allow the soft flakes to fall on his skin , willing it to wash away the disgust he felt inside . |
| 14 | He raised his hand to stroke the soft skin of her cheek , his eyes never leaving hers as she stared blindly back at him , her pulses seeming to almost race out of control . |
| 15 | BRITISH Bulldog , alias Davey Boy Smith , flew the flag with passion when he bulldozed his way to win the golden belt of champions at the world SummerSlam wrestling spectacular . |
| 16 | Ten days later , Falkenhayn was on the telephone himself , expressing the fear that the British were after all about to attempt a relief operation , ‘ and probably a landing attempt ’ It was hardly surprising that on April 17th Rupprecht — irritated and not keen to be involved in another of Falkenhayn 's half-measure offensives that he deplored — coolly declined his invitation to attack the British , pointing to the strong reinforcements now in the line . |
| 17 | There had emerged a leader who taught his army to distinguish the real from the imaginary and the possible from the impossible . |
| 18 | There , as Blair had so persuasively pointed out to Sloane , he diligently tilled his soil to cultivate the beautiful flowers and shrubs of which , in later writings , his own appreciation was always apparent . |
| 19 | ‘ Look what the wonderful girl has done for me , my darlings , ’ Charles waved his hand to encompass the entire cast , ‘ I can walk straight as a tree , no more will I have to endure the taunts and jeers of the ignorant , I am a new man . ’ |
| 20 | Ben the actor appeared beside them and started his piece , and I saw Filmer turn a bland face towards him and watched his mouth shape the unmistakable words , ‘ Go away . ’ |
| 21 | MR MICHAEL MATES , 57 , appointed Minister of State Northern Ireland Office , is a close associate of Mr Heseltine and managed his attempt to win the Tory leadership election in 1990 . |
| 22 | An austere Maronite Christian who commanded the loyalty of both Christian and Muslim brigades in the US-trained and equipped Lebanese Army , Aoun had many friends in the Pentagon but none in the State Department , which saw his ambition to let the Lebanese choose their own government without foreign interference as a threat to America 's interests . |
| 23 | Although White managed to stop the rot after the restart , taking frame 14 with a clearance of 43 , Davis kept his nerve to win the next 96-5 and clinch the match . |
| 24 | He straightened , and she heaved one jar out of the basin , but he took it from her and she felt his strength give the heavy vessel sudden lift ; she put it down and thanked him . |
| 25 | To enhance even further the quality and efficiency of the yard 's hull shapes , he persuaded his father to build the first commercial test tank in the world in 1881 , with assistance from Froude 's son , superintendent of the Admiralty test tank in Torquay . |
| 26 | He brought his uncle to write the Arabic numerals . |
| 27 | Mr Adams made his offer to meet the four church leaders in a letter last August , but in their reply the churchmen said they would not talk until Sinn Fein publicly called for an end to violence . |
| 28 | His face wore that concentrated look she had grown used to , as if everything he did was the focus of all his energies — like the look when he 'd taken her in his arms and made his kiss seem the still point of the entire universe . |
| 29 | Reverend Sawyers already asked his congregation to provide the communal wine to help save money , he claim that scheme 's working quite well . |
| 30 | WHEN in March 1989 the American treasury secretary , Nicholas Brady , announced his plan to reduce the third world 's commercial-bank debt , particularly Latin America 's , he was criticised for being too vague . |